AN OPEN LETTER TO CHIEF MINISTER DEVENDRA FADNAVIS: THE TIME FOR JUDICIAL PATIENCE HAS ENDED

By BPN News Desk May 4, 2026

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Honorable Chief Minister, I am writing this with a shaking hand, not out of fear, but out of a rage that has become the common currency of every household in Maharashtra. I write to you as a father, as an uncle, and as a citizen who is utterly sickened. The Narsapur horror in Pune has […]

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A 4-Year-Old Is Dead in Narsapur: How Long Before Law And Order Starts Working in Maharashtra?

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

A four-year-old child is dead in Narsapur. A child who should have been running around her home, laughing, crying over toys, asking for food, troubling her parents with innocent demands, and falling asleep safely at night. Instead, Maharashtra is reading about her as another victim of a crime so cruel that words feel useless. There […]

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Global Jet Fuel Crisis Is Exposing India’s Diesel-First Energy Priorities

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

The ongoing turmoil in global energy markets has begun to ripple through aviation in a visible and immediate way. Airlines across the world are grappling with a sharp surge in jet fuel prices, triggered by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, supply chain risks around critical routes such as the Strait of Hormuz, and higher […]

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Is Arvind Kejriwal Using the Punjab Police for Political Vendetta Against the BJP?

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

The latest FIRs against Sandeep Pathak have once again brought Punjab Police into the center of a political storm. What might appear on the surface as routine legal action is increasingly being viewed through a political lens. The question that naturally follows is whether these cases are isolated incidents based purely on law and evidence, […]

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India’s 6-Month Mineral Reserve and Recycling Plan Can Buy Strategic Breathing Space

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

The global economy is quietly entering a new kind of resource race. This time, it is not oil that determines industrial power, but a set of critical minerals that sit at the heart of modern technology. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements are now the backbone of electric vehicles, solar panels, semiconductors, and defence […]

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India Takes First Big Step in Critical Mineral Self-Reliance with 58 Recycling Firms Cleared

By BPN News Desk May 1, 2026

India’s push toward electric vehicles, renewable energy, and electronics manufacturing is accelerating faster than ever, but beneath this growth lies a hard reality. Almost every critical mineral powering this transition, lithium for batteries, cobalt for stability, nickel for energy density, and rare earths for electronics, is overwhelmingly imported. As global supply

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Rahul Gandhi’s Opposition to Great Nicobar Helps Maintain China’s Advantage in the Indian Ocean

By BPN News Desk May 1, 2026

The world is once again being reminded how fragile global trade routes are. Ongoing tensions in West Asia and repeated disruptions around key maritime corridors have brought chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and the Malacca Strait back into sharp focus. These are not just narrow stretches of water on a map. They are the […]

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UAE’s Hormuz Bypass Can Secure Up to 180,000 Barrels Per Day for India

By BPN News Desk April 30, 2026

The ongoing Iran war has turned the Strait of Hormuz from an already sensitive chokepoint into the most dangerous pressure point in the global oil market. With shipping through the Strait disrupted, insurers nervous, tankers exposed, and crude buyers scrambling for route certainty, every major oil-importing country is being forced to ask a basic question: […]

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Ethanol Blending Is India’s Biggest Hidden Water Crisis, Not Data Centres

By BPN News Desk April 30, 2026

India’s water crisis has suddenly found a convenient villain. Data centres. Sleek campuses, global tech giants, and images of massive cooling systems consuming water have made for a compelling narrative. Politicians hint at regulation, activists raise alarms, and public discourse quickly settles on the idea that India’s digital infrastructure is quietly draining its

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Mira Road Attack Shows India Is Losing the Online Radicalisation Battle

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2026

The Mira Road stabbing incident on April 27 should have been just another local crime story. Instead, it has exposed a far deeper and more dangerous fault line. A 31-year-old man allegedly asked two security guards to recite the Kalma and, when they could not, attacked them with a knife. Within 90 minutes, the police […]